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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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2nd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 1st DIVISION - SOMME 1916 14th-26th July : Operations West of Bazentin-le-Petit/South of Pozieres (Attacks of Switch Line and Munster Alley). ******* 16th-26th August : Operations North of Bazentin-le-Petit/West of High Wood. 27th August-10th September : High Wood operations. ******* 22nd-27th September : Operations North-West of Flers. (Attack of Flers Trenches). ******* Late November : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.
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16964 Private Frederick ALMOND Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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26764 Private John ALMOND Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension
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46585 Private George Rushton BOOTH Died of wounds on the 27th November 1916 - Age 34 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension
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17024 Sergeant Arthur BREWIN Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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16926 Sergeant Alfred Thomas BUXTON Killed in action on the 20th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Robert Astley Franklin EMINSON Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery
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16614 Private William Henry HIGGINS Detached from The 1st Northamptonshire Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery |
10349 Private John Edward KEYS Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
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36796 Private William MAHONEY Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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9877 Private Harry Groom MOORE Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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17030 Private John Harry NEAL Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17027 Sergeant Herbert George PHELPS Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Millencourt Communal Cemetery Ext.
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37457 Private Henry ROBERTS Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42329 Private George STURROCK Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery
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8474 Private Charles TILFORD Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17044 Private Herbert WARNER Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
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17012 Private Joseph WATTS Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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